Category "Solutions"
This journal category contains everything that features implementations in code. From reusable snippets to full-grown plugins - some from client work, others as one of many pet projects.
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Micropub for Kirby — a design exercise unlocking countless possibilities
When I set out to create a Micropub endpoint as flexible as the Kirby CMS itself, this turned out to be a rather complex task. The result, however, opens up opportunities that frankly surprised myself. Once the initial setup is done, publishing content is more flexible than ever.. tl;drI created a…
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Setting up Linux Mint for developing Kirby websites locally with Valet-linux
Brief notes and a step-by-step guide for setting up Valet-linux as a local development environment on Linux.
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Using Kirby as an IndieAuth authentication endpoint
I adapted the open source Selfauth server into a Kirby 3 plugin, allowing to log in to IndieAuth-enabled websites using one’s own domain.
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Closing my website for the Global Climate Strike - a Kirby plugin
I wrote a small Kirby 3 plugin for temporarily shutting down my website on 20 Sep.
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Sendmentions and Commentions - webmention plugins for Kirby 3
Designing and creating my personal Kirby 3 webmentions solution.
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Reply to a post by Jeremy Keith
I full-heartedly agree with Jeremy: print stylesheets are one more feature of universal website design, and they go together rather well with QR codes …no matter how ugly, abused and underused they are.
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Self-hosting maps: taking control over UX and users' privacy
OpenMapTiles allows for efficient self-hosting of embeddable OSM maps without significant resource requirements and with reasonable effort for a web professional.
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The Indieweb privacy challenge (Webmentions, silo backfeeds, and the GDPR)
Originally intended to showcase a privacy-centred implementation of emerging social web technologies - with the aim to present a solution not initially motivated by legal requirements, but as an example of privacy-aware interaction design - my “social backfeed” design process unveiled…
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Working around the Twitter Cards "SSL Handshake Error" on Uberspace
NB. This is a two-years old post, only kept for archive purposes. The technology stack at either Twitter or Uberspace has since changed, and the described issue should no longer prevail - making this workaround obsolete. Ever since I migrated my website to HTTPS (and you should too!), I noticed…
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An audience/context-conscious POSSE syndication plugin for WordPress
In my January post titled Identity, content, audience and the (independent) web, I described the approach of using a self-owned website as the primary place to publish online content, while sending out (“syndicating”) copies of the content to social platforms. My motive was to reflect…
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“Own your data”, part III: Moving calendar and contacts into my ownCloud
Along with the purchase of my Android phone came the convenience of a free and easy cloud back-up of my phone contacts and seamless synchronization with Google Calendar. However, I have since become more wary about whom I want to share my data with.
I decided that it was time to say goodbye to Google and try out ownCloud, the open source software package for hosting one’s own cloud services. […]by
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"Own your data", part I: Bringing the bookmarks home from the cloud
The archives reveal it was October 2005 when I started to use Delicious to collect my bookmarks, at a time where I had to use various computers daily.
Four years later, competitor Ma.gnolia lost all user data, marking the first occasion that I (along with a shaken community of their users) questioned the value of cloud services for storing personal data. Yet, both for lack of alternatives and for being lazy, I kept using Delicious - though making regular backups a habit.
Today, we live 2014 and it is time to move on; more specifically, time to reclaim ownership over my bookmarks and to host them myself. Naturally, having grown used to a cloud service, a suitable web-based replacement had to be found. […]by